Pete's Walks- West Wycombe and Moorend Common (page 3 of 6)
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I then continued across the common to join a drive by some cottages, which I followed to a minor road. Across the road, a footpath started immediately to the left of a track, running through a small wood. The path soon joined the track, which I followed to the left. I went past a kissing-gate where a footpath went right, but a few yards further on took a second path on the right (white arrow on a tree) along a path right on the very edge of the wood, next to a hay meadow on my right. I soon came to a kissing-gate in a corner of the wood, beyond which the path crossed part of the hay meadow to the corner of a hedge, continuing straight on alongside the hedge on my right.
Moorend Common
The footpath on the other side of the road from Moorend Common
The second footpath on the right
The footpath continuing across the Hay meadows near Frieth
On last week's walk I followed the hedge to its end, but today I turned right half-way along the hedge, onto another path that I'd not walked before. This path ran between hedges and fences, with more mown hay meadows beyond them - there was a seat along here (in memory of a local farmer) where I stopped to eat my packed lunch. Further on the path ran between garden fences just before it reached a lane in Frieth.
The footpath to Frieth, after I turned right
The footpath to Frieth
The footpath entering Frieth
A footpath started on the other side of the lane, going down a track between gardens and then continuing through an attractive meadow. Beyond that the path continued some way between hedges and fences to reach a lane in Little Frieth, where I turned left. Just after the lane turned right, I took a footpath on the right that went down a drive or track between properties. When this came to a junction with a similar drive or track, the path continued straight on between a tall hedge and a garden fence, soon bringing me to Moussells Wood
Start of the path from Frieth to Little Frieth
The path from Frieth to Little Frieth
The path from Frieth to Little Frieth
The path from Frieth to Little Frieth
The lane in Little Frieth
The start of the path from Little Frieth to Moussells Wood
The path from Little Frieth to Moussells Wood
Approaching the path crossroads in Moussells Wood (the OS map doesn't show this path crossroads, it shows the path that actually goes straight on starting some way to the left)